My Husband Wants Me Dead (Esther and Bradley) novel Chapter 678

Why did she have to bear the blame for what Liliane had done? Was her biggest mistake in her life falling in love with Bradley? Did her love for him essentially hand him the weapon to hurt her? Bradley had used that very weapon to hurt her deeply.

"You think it's just this one thing?" he asked.

Esther was stunned. What else had she done?

Suddenly, it felt like lightning had pierced the darkness of her mind. She trembled and expressed her suspicions, saying, "Bradley, did you always despise me... because I wanted to marry you?"

This was the question she needed answers to.

Did he truly loathe her so intensely?

Bradley offered no response but forcefully kissed her and pulled her back into the crystal coffin.

He remained silent. Despair washed over Esther. Even without words, Bradley had conveyed everything to her.

A sharp pain twisted Esther's heart. She had casually mentioned to Clark that Bradley would gain the most from everything that had transpired, but any glimmer of hope she held onto vanished the moment Bradley responded with silence.

Esther now understood why Bradley harbored such animosity toward her. It was because her presence had altered his life.

Bradley didn't love her, and that's why he could exploit her daughters to threaten her.

As for why he didn't use Felix as leverage, it was because Felix stood to inherit the most from Thomas' will, and Bradley had raised Felix for five years.

Esther struggled to believe that the man she had once loved could be so heartless.